Quote Originally Posted by SieneskaSanura View Post
And look at the kind of gear needed to do the first ShB dungeon. Far and above the item level obtained in the MSQ. There's no issue at all with being able to acquire previous expansion's content gear for poetics, especially as the vendors for HW and SB are locked behind finishing the MSQ. Forcing players to gear up through dungeons etc in earlier expansions would be a rather eregious time sink
While there is absolutely no problem with how poetics work and it's a great way to keep your alt jobs up-to-date with gear while leveling - leveling MSQ does supply you with good enough gear for any content said MSQ requires. The only time you need external ways to gear up, is when doing current level-cap MSQ and once new expansion is released, appropriate gear rewards are added to those quests as well. Following level 50 MSQ will reward you with multiple gear sets so that you're ready for any dungeon or trial you have to face, same at 60 and 70, no need to spend any poetics on your first job.